The Western Washington Amateur Repeater Association is looking for a new
Officer to fill the role of Board Secretary!
Do you have administrative skills and experience? Do you want to give
back to Amateur Radio for all you’ve benefitted? Can you contribute a
few hours of time per month, giving back to the amateur community? If
so, the WWARA needs you!
We are looking for a volunteer who would function as an officer in the
organization, filling the role of Board Secretary. The position requires
between 5-10 hours per month, spent on reviewing coordination documents
for proper form and contents, correspondence (usually via email) with
applicants, coordination with Band Chairs and Database managers,
preparing meeting agendas and minutes for board and member meetings,
some updating of information on the WWARA web site, tracking committee
activity and reports as well as other actions in close cooperation with
the Chairman.
If this looks like something you can do, the Western Washington Amateur
Repeater Association needs your help to continue its mission of
providing coordinating services and ensuring smooth repeater operation
throughout Western Washington.
The WWARA, through its volunteer staff and members, gives many hundreds
(thousands?) of hours of work each year to provide coordination
services, provide most accurate repeater listings in multiple formats
(PDF, CSV and CHIRP), technical assistance, detailed band plans for
VHF/UHF, and work out repeater operations conflicts for Western
Washington, as well as working with neighboring coordinating
organizations. This happens through MANY different jobs and roles.
From managing applications and renewals of coordination, to
administration of the organization, development and maintenance of the
database, record keeping, communication with applicants and managing
communication with other organizations, we need many volunteers. Yet
right now the WWARA is operating understaffed and this has been VERY
challenging for our organization, particularly when applicants have no
idea the work that goes into each application, not to mention the
challenges of running the organization.
Yet new volunteers can make a HUGE difference with this by joining and
volunteering as little as an hour or two of time per month.
If you would be interested in helping out and would like further
information, please WWARA Chairman, Grant Hopper, KB7WSD at
chair@wwara.org
ARRL Western Washington Section
Section Manager: Monte L Simpson, W7FF
w7ff@arrl.org